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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 142 · 40 questions
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Remember (Star, planet or moon?): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Mercury is closest, Venus is hottest, Mars is the red planet, Jupiter is the biggest, Saturn is famous for its rings, Neptune is farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon is Earth’s moon; Titan and Ganymede are moons of other planets.

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  1. 1.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  4. 4.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) a pilot
  5. 5.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a microscope
  6. 6.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a comet (d) a star
  7. 7.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  10. 10.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  11. 11.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  13. 13.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  16. 16.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  19. 19.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Earth
  21. 21.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  25. 25.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  27. 27.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  29. 29.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  33. 33.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  34. 34.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  36. 36.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the biggest planet
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Titan

Answer key

  1. a planet
  2. 8
  3. is closest to the sun
  4. an astronaut
  5. a telescope
  6. a star
  7. True
  8. is famous for its rings
  9. is farthest from the sun
  10. a moon
  11. True
  12. Saturn
  13. a planet
  14. Mercury
  15. Venus
  16. a moon
  17. 8
  18. 4
  19. Earth spins on its axis
  20. Earth
  21. 365
  22. 3
  23. Neptune
  24. is the hottest planet
  25. False
  26. the Pole Star
  27. a moon
  28. a moon
  29. a planet
  30. Sirius
  31. a star
  32. is the planet we live on
  33. a planet
  34. True
  35. 1
  36. the Sun
  37. Saturn
  38. Uranus
  39. is the biggest planet
  40. Earth

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